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Strategy games on PC

Strategy games center on planning, decision-making, and managing objectives. They range from turn-based empire building and tower defense to real-time warfare, city or colony management, automation, and survival.

  • Long-term planning or tactical choices
  • Management, warfare, or survival systems
  • Turn-based and real-time formats

Related: Turn-Based Strategy, Grand Strategy, Management, Tower Defense

3,020 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Miscreated
Online open-world survival with mutants, harsh weather, and rival players
66% positive 32K reviews
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarven colony simulation where deep systems turn failure into history
95% positive 32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive 31K reviews
Beholder
Dystopian strategy adventure about spying on tenants for the state
92% positive 31K reviews
X4: Foundations
Single-player space sandbox with a simulated economy and fleet command
80% positive 30K reviews
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
Third-person hack-and-slash RPG with massive Three Kingdoms battles
93% positive 30K reviews
100% Orange Juice
Turn-based anime board game driven by dice, cards, and battles
91% positive 30K reviews
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO
Pixel-art incremental MMO where eleven characters work while you're away
77% positive Free
Dorfromantik
Relaxing tile-placement puzzle about building villages and chasing high scores
96% positive 30K reviews
Holdfast: Nations At War
Large-scale historical shooter with chaotic battles and proximity voice chat
90% positive 30K reviews
Tropico 6
Political city builder about managing a banana republic across islands
88% positive 30K reviews
Bloons TD Battles
Competitive tower defense duels where players send bloons at rivals
91% positive Free
20 Minutes Till Dawn
Top-down action roguelite with active aiming and evolving builds
90% positive 29K reviews
Battle Brothers
Turn-based tactical RPG about running a medieval mercenary company
88% positive 29K reviews
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
69% positive 29K reviews
Hydroneer
Mining sandbox with hydro-powered automation and hands-on base building
86% positive 29K reviews
Mindustry
Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense
96% positive 28K reviews
Soul Dossier
Asymmetrical horror matches pitting human survivors against a ghost
82% positive Free
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Free-to-play Witcher card duels centered on bluffing and deckbuilding
86% positive Free
Coral Island
Island farming and life sim with diving and town restoration
89% positive 28K reviews
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
92% positive 28K reviews
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Soviet-themed city builder with detailed logistics and planned-economy management
91% positive 27K reviews
UBOAT
World War II submarine simulator centered on crew survival and command
84% positive 27K reviews
PlateUp!
Co-op restaurant roguelite built around planning, cooking, and automation
95% positive 27K reviews